Yearly Archives: 2001

Tax Breaks Won’t Help, Public Investment Will

December 12, 2001. An op ed in the New York Daily News on the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan, by David Dyssegaard Kallick and James Parrott. The newly appointed Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Corp. will meet for the first time next week. When it does, it needs to begin work, in an open process, on a plan to increase the attractiveness of lower Manhattan through public investments, not tax incentives. Before the mayoral election, politicians and establishment leaders of all stripes seemed to believe the key tool [...]

2020-10-27T13:09:43-04:00December 12th, 2001|Letters, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Welfare Reform and Social Indicators – New York City

December 7, 2001. These fact sheets were distributed at the GULP/FPI TANF Reauthorization Forum held in New York City today. See also the summary data sheet for New York City's five counties and the summary data sheet for Congressional districts 5-18. COUNTIES County-specific data for New York City's counties can be found on these summary sheets. Bronx Kings New York Queens Richmond CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS Data from the Census Bureau's 2000 Supplementary Survey for NYC Congressional Districts. 5th Congressional District - Hon. Gary L. Ackerman 6th [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:44-05:00December 7th, 2001|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy|
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Preliminary Analysis: Do Tax Increases in New York City Cause a Loss of Jobs?

December 5, 2001. Moshe Adler, Oliver Cook and James Parrott presented this review of the evidence at the New York State Network for Economic Research conference for review and comment. (The analysis was published in State Tax Notes in February 2002.)

2020-11-13T14:48:36-05:00December 5th, 2001|Economic Outlook, Economic Trends & Policy, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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TANF Reauthorization

November 30, 2001. Comments from FPI submitted to the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also see: Welfare reform and social indicators: county-specific data (fall 2001) and NYC data (December 7, 2001). These fact sheets show (1) trends in poverty and other social and economic indicators since the advent of welfare reform and (2) changes in the use of temporary assistance, medicaid and food stamps during this period. FPI presentation: TANF Reauthorization (November 2001). These materials were used at  [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:44-05:00November 30th, 2001|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, Testimony|
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Budget Cuts vs. Tax Increases – What’s Better for the State’s Economy?

November 6, 2001. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has released a new paper, Budget Cuts vs. Tax Increases at the State Level: Is One More Counter-Productive than the Other During a Recession? By Joseph Stiglitz, Professor of Economics at Columbia University and winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, and Peter Orszag of the Brooking Institute. Read the Paper >>  

2012-03-16T15:25:41-04:00November 6th, 2001|Blog, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, State Budget, Tax & Budget, Tax Policy|
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Rebuilding with a Spotlight on the Poor

November 5, 2001. Comments on the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, from the Rebuilding with a Spotlight on the Poor Coalition, c/o MFY Legal Services, Inc., 299 Broadway, 4th floor, New York, New York 10007. We are writing on behalf of the Rebuilding with a Spotlight on the Poor Coalition to comment on your draft assistance plan for individuals. The Coalition is a broad-based coalition of Lower Manhattan community groups and citywide advocacy organizations which has come together to address the devastation caused by the September [...]

2012-06-21T20:38:27-04:00November 5th, 2001|Blog|
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Welfare Reform and Social Indicators – County by County

Fall 2001. These fact sheets were prepared for the GULP/FPI TANF Reauthorization Forums in upstate New York. They present data on: trends in poverty and other social and economic indicators since the advent of welfare reform, changes in the use of temporary assistance, medicaid and food stamps during this period, and several key county policies. Counties Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau Niagara [...]

2020-11-13T15:12:44-05:00September 28th, 2001|Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy|
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Despite good economic times of the last several years, 2.5 million New Yorkers continue to live in poverty

September 25, 2001. New York's official poverty rate fell from 14.1% in 1999 to 13.4% in 2000, but more than 2.5 million New Yorkers continue to have incomes below the official poverty thresholds, according to the new income and poverty statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of the Census this morning. Press release with New York data >>

2020-11-13T14:28:03-05:00September 25th, 2001|Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Press Releases|
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State of Working New York 2001: Working Harder, Growing Apart

September 2, 2001. The decade of boom was a bust for most New York workers and their families. Although the state’s economy grew, average New York families' living standards are lower than in 1989, despite working more hours to make ends meet. Press release below. Cover and title pages Acknowledgments Executive summary Report Introduction Chapter 1 - Income Chapter 2 - Wages Chapter 3 - Jobs Chapter 4 - Growth, Dependence on Wall Street and the Current Recession Chapter 5 - New York's Regions Chapter [...]

2020-11-13T14:50:36-05:00September 2nd, 2001|Economic Outlook, Economic Trends & Policy, Labor Market & Workforce, Press Releases, Reports, Briefs and Presentations|
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Impact of the 2001-2002 Bare Bones Budget on School Districts, County by County

August 2001. Click on the county you are interested in to download a PDF file summarizing the impact of the Bare Bones Budget on the school districts in that county. Counties Albany Allegany Broome Cattaraugus Cayuga Chautauqua Chemung Chenango Clinton Columbia Cortland Delaware Dutchess Erie Essex Franklin Fulton Genesee Greene Hamilton Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Livingston Madison Monroe Montgomery Nassau Niagara Oneida Onondaga Ontario Orange Orleans Oswego Otsego Putnam Rensselaer Rockland St. Lawrence Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Schuyler Seneca Steuben Suffolk Sullivan Tioga Tompkins Ulster Warren Washington [...]

2020-11-13T15:04:36-05:00August 29th, 2001|Education, Reports, Briefs and Presentations, Social Policy, State Budget, Tax & Budget|
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